Please Advertise the PS3 Version Effectively

[Scape]

from the current state, it makes sense that they didn't do any commercial

more advertising = more people who going to play, quit and criticize the game

that's why they'll start advertising when they really think the game is ready

But the advertisement should have been before the game released. Which was before 95% of people found out it was garbage then.

[Joeking]

Seriously make a damn epic commercial.... it won't kill you SE will it?! You do it for Kingdom Heart's show your mmorpg's more love!!!!!!!! where is the love ? where is the heart?

Probably wasn't Square but Disney, all hail Disney.

Do you not think mmorpg players watch television? hooollly crap watching t.v. while I play is the ONLY way I can get through crafting!

I did see a FFXIII commercial on the discovery channel during Man vs Wild, though it seemed out of place...

Think final fantasy X-2 commercial... make final fantasy less frowned upon *turn that frown upside down*

FFX-2 had exploitable female characters wearing skimpy outfits with sailor moon transformation scenes, it also had music with lyrics with the Japanese version being sung by Koda Kumi XIV has none of that.

[Nixius]

The devs were blind and released it because they actually thought it was ready.

This made me chuckle, the thought that the devs didn't argue until they were blue in the face to NOT release it I find more likely. SE money grabbing big wigs I would gamble on.

Speaking as a dev myself (not on the same scale of course) I can say you are always under pressure to get what you are doing out the door yesterday, sometimes regardless of glaring bugs and issues; the voice of the dev is seldom heard in the face of your bosses bosses boss telling you it has to go now regardless of the state it is in. The decision can come so far up the management chain that all they have seen is "Well it looks like it works, what's the problem?"

Not flaming/trolling, just saying I disagree =)

[Naqaj]

There was actually quite a bit of advertising very early on at launch, but they very quickly scrapped it when the first reviews bombed.
I wouldn't be too concerned about it, if there's one thing SE knows, it's how to bank on their fanbase.

[zaviermhigo]

Square Enix effectively advertise a game? *Shocked face straight chibi style out of an anime* Or any japanese gaming company effectively advertise a game in the west? It cost money that the Japanese usually aren't willing to doll out to advertise on a level that lets say rivals rift (weather girl commercial.) They could do it, and I want them to. But they never do. FFXIII commercial with that Britain's Got Talent, or British Xfacter or w/e Leona Lewis w/e was awful. I'm a woman and that commercial did not appeal to me, but I felt they were trying to tug at my ovaries :/ and it just wasn't working. I want the FFXIV rp commercial japan got, no fair :/

[HoneyBoy]

I felt they were trying to tug at my ovaries :/

Fuck my life........I laughed a lot.

Anyone notice the "Tags for this Thread" section has one tag that says "y u no ps3 yet?"........Brutal

[Neptune]

I agree. When it gets closer to release I'll post again with my thoughts.

[Kailok]

Thanks everyone for the replies! I definitely like the idea of promoting a trial period to let people try the game out without having to buy it. I'm pretty sure they're going to work on this though. It's one of those "given" parts of almost any MMO.

[MattyWS]

They don't need to advertise their games much. Only people who will play it are probably the ones with a SE account getting emails from SE advertising new games

[Jennestia]

I'm doubtful they will have the money for any noteworthy advertising. All the devs and producers letters do is mention the "cost" of everything. It makes money sound like it is really tight for them.

Um, based on what I know for TV spots in Japan and America, XI alone covers as many commercials as they want for their products.

XIV isn't making money, therefore they're not going to splurge a ton of cash into something that may not even be beneficial to do -- cost also refers to resources, memory and workload.